• DocumentCode
    522422
  • Title

    Small-area solar antenna for low-power UWB transceivers

  • Author

    Danesh, Mina ; Long, John R. ; Simeoni, Massimiliano

  • Author_Institution
    ERL, Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-16 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A 2 × 2.65 cm2 solar monopole antenna was designed and tested for both DC and RF performances within the 3–10 GHz UWB frequency band. The amorphous silicon solar cell delivers up to 15 mW, suitable for autonomous low-power wireless transceivers. The radiation patterns and gain are comparable with a copper-only antenna for frequencies less than 5 GHz. Beyond 5 GHz, changes in the solar antenna radiation patterns are caused by the solar cell physical characteristics and DC output connections.
  • Keywords
    Aluminum; Amorphous silicon; Contacts; Copper; Glass; Photovoltaic cells; Radio frequency; Silver; Transceivers; Ultra wideband antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6431-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-84-7653-472-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5505593
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=522422